Super cool. I've got a set of stairs I need to rebuild now. Not sure why but I worry I'll mess them up.

Any tips for first timers, OP?

You did great for a first-timer! I made two sets of very similar stairs and I was very proud of them when I was done. They're quite difficult to do but when you finally get in there, like you said, it clicks. Hardest part was getting the stringers right, second hardest part for me was the landing, since I poured concrete and as you can see, I got it wrong by about 6 inches, lol.

Those are some damn fine stairs, especially for a first timer.

A customer wanted me to rebuild a similar set of stairs for her deck that had started to rot out. When I was done she then concluded that now the rest of her deck looks bad so I rebuilt that as well. After that she then figured that I might as well re-do the front porch and the two smaller steps from the side of the house too while I'm at it. 4 hours of work turned into a 1 and half weeks.

Hell yeah, brother!

Great job! Here is a calculator I like to share that might help make the math part easier next time.

https://www.blocklayer.com/stairs/straighteng

Bad ass!

This comm is better than a DIY comm.

In here we wait until you show us what you did, then we pile in and tell you what you did wrong.

I have never seen anyone put the cleat in the middle of the bottom step run.

I don't see a reason why it would be bad though

Very nice stairs

Nice looking cedar! If that first step is higher than the others could add some gravel to make same so people don't get that awkward step/trip when steps are not the same height, but maybe only 3 don't get into that expectation? You'll be used to it and bound up them like parkour. :)

Three uneven steps,

You'll bound up them like parkour,

Others may stumble

Hey... looks pretty good.

Well done!

The first step (from the ground to the top of the first step) looks taller than the last step (the top of the second step to the deck).

Stairs are hard.

Whoever did your deck did mine. I swear people don't use their brain for designing functionality...

Looks: sink that single nail or screw. Then fill it in and paint over it, nobody will ever see how this shit was put together between now and when a fat fuck accidentally leans on the rail and lands 10ft down the hill.

Functionality: these 3/8 screws backed up with nuts will keep the structural integrity of this deck even is a fat... That fat fuck leans on it every day of the year for 30 years. Yeah it'll look odd for like 5 minutes until no one cares because it's a god damn deck and not the beautiful face of an Angel.

Good job mate